Degree Requirements

Accounting

 
 
Career Program - 64-66 Semester Hours
General Education Courses 15-17 hours
____ BUS 1213 Computer Applications 3 credit hours
____ BUS 1333 Business Math 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2013 Business Communications I 3 credit hours
____ ENG 1013 Composition I 3 credit hours
____ UACC 1002 Freshman Seminar (if required) 2 credit hours
____ ECON 2453 Macroeconomics
OR ECON 2463 Microeconomics 3 credit hours
Business Courses: 29 hours
____ ACCT 2003 Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours
____ ACCT 2013 Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
____ ACCT 2103 Payroll Accounting 3 credit hours
____ ACCT 2113 Tax Accounting 3 credit hours
____ ACCT 2203 Computerized Accounting 3 credit hours
____ BUS 1003 Business English 3 credit hours
____ BUS 1031 Electronic Calculators 1 credit hour
____ BUS 1081 Introduction to Word Processing 1 credit hour
____ BUS 1223 Electronic Spreadsheet 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2313 Professional Development 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2393 Business Law 3 credit hours
Related Electives: 20 hours
Twenty hours of electives must be selected from the following list:
____ ACCT 2213 Cost Accounting 3 credit hours
____ BUS 1022 Windows 3 credit hours
____ BUS 1233 Database Management 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2243 Business Graphics 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2323 Business Procedures 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2373 Supervisory Management 3 credit hours
____ BUS 2403 Entrepreneurship 3 credit hours
____ ECON 2453 Macroeconomics  
OR ECON 2463 Microeconomics 3 credit hours
____ ENG 1023 Composition II  
OR SPH 2303 Public Speaking 3 credit hours
____ FIN 2013 Personal Finance 3 credit hours
(Students are required to take Freshman Seminar if they score below a 19 on the ACT test in reading, math or writing or comparable scores on the COMPASS test. )
Related Degrees
After UACCM

Graduates are employed as:

  • Accounting assistants
  • Payroll clerks
  • Bank employees
  • Accounts receivable clerks
  • Accounts payable clerks
Notes
  • Students should take the required courses when they are offered since many courses are offered on a rotating basis.
  • Students should plan to spend six hours per week studying for each class.
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